Search Results: Titles starting with T from Cocksparrow Books

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edn: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 4th.* Date of Publication: 2008* Publisher: Osprey Publishing.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustration to soft card covers. No bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to covers. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems lightly-used if at all. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: Numerous colour & b/w photos and illustrations throughout.* Pages: 47 pp. text. ii pp. index and advertisements at rear.* Product Description:- T-54 and T-55 tanks are the most widely manufacture tanks of all time. They have become ubiquitous to wars around the globe since the 1950?s. This book examines the roots of this prolific tank family, starting with the Soviet Army?s first attempts to replace the legendary T-34 during World War II and covering the T-43 and the T-44 the more successful T-54 and its… Read More

HARDBACK, ?NUMBER 3 IN THE SERIES,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edn: Reprint.* Date of Publication: Undated (1969) Publishers? code: 927.469* Publisher: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Orange colour paper covered boards, red titles to spine & face. Truncated triangular coloured plate laid on to board with an impressed frame. No bumps or rubs, absolutely minimal shelf wear to edges and spine. VG++* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated paper dust wrapper, black titles to spine and face. Front flap clipped but showing a shelf price of 7/- net. on publishers adhesive label. Some age & shelf wear to jacket. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Coloured end papers showing a garland of Potter characters. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text. FINE.* Illustrations: Numerous colour illustrations within text throughout.* Pages: 59 pp. text.* Description: The story is about a tailor whose work on a waistcoat is finished when he falls ill by the… Read More

HARDBACK WITH ADVERTISING LEAFLET, ?NUMBER 06 IN THE SERIES,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edn: Reprint.* Date of Publication: Undated (1974) Publishers? code: 1494.574* Publisher: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Beige colour paper covered boards, crimson titles to spine & face. Shaped coloured plate laid on to board with a lightly impressed frame. No bumps or rubs, absolutely minimal shelf wear to covers. FINE* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated paper dust wrapper, black titles to spine and face. CORNER CLIPPED showing a shelf price of 0.60p. net. on publishers adhesive label. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to jacket. Overall minimal age. Now in clear protective jacket. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Coloured end papers showing a garland of Potter characters. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text. Top-edge slightly dusty. FINE.* Illustrations: A number of colour illustrations within text throughout.* Pages: 59 pp. text.*… Read More

HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1986* Publisher: Chancellor Press.* Binding and cover condition: Black cloth, gilt title to spine and face. No bumps or rubs, no visible faults. FINE* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £7.99. Minimal shelf wear to top edge and to head of spine and slight impression wear to covers. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Patterned end papers. Clean, crisp and tight with no reading wear, no marks to text, very slight ageing to page margins. VG++* Illustrations: Colour photos, prints and line drawings throughout.* Pages: 184 pp. text. vii pp. notes & index at rear.* Description: A very well compiled book which contains a complete compendium of information on the Tarot, including clear instructions on how to lay out & read the cards. The origins and history are covered with numerous illustrations and example readings.* A NEAR FINE copy of the… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1964* Publisher: Pyramid Books.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated soft card covers. No bumps or rubs. Slight shelf wear to edges & corners. Some creases to spine & hinge. Some creases, scratches and impact marks to covers. GD* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp & tight. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, slight tanning throughout. Slightly heavier colouration to page margins and edges. A few pages cornered at lower edge. Some sellotape marks to inside of covers. GOOD* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 158 pp. text. ii pp. advertisements at rear.* Product Description:- The image in the battle cruiser?s screens grew ? and it was clear that this was a new kind of ship, a new race, the first new civilization the Federation had met in three hundred years. The crew?s excitement mounted ? the newcomers would be invited to join the federation, the crew would all be heroes… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edn: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1968* Publisher: Panther S.F.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated soft card covers showing a solarised psychedelic pattern. No bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal age & shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Is in clear polythene protective cover. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Text clean, crisp & tight. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, some very light paper colouration throughout especially to page margins and edges. Some tape marks to inside of covers. VG+* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 142 pp. text. ii pp. advertisements at rear.* Product Description: Four short stories:- The Thirst Queries, Guttersnipe, The Mailman Cometh, Odd Man In. The Thirst Quenchers and Guttersnipe: The drama, agony and challenge of an overpopulated world where water (supplies rapidly dwindling) is more precious than gold? The Mailman Cometh: Two young operators in the… Read More

Ted Smart, 1996-10-25. 1st Thus, 1st. Imp.. Hardcover. F/F/VG++. Box X28 HARDBACK ""UNCOMMON,"" SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 2nd. Thus with number line.* Date of Publication: 1996* Publisher: Ted Smart for The Book People.* Binding and cover condition: Colour illustrated laminated glossy boards showing a selection of ""Thomas"" front covers with gilt title to spine & gold & white titles to face. No bumps or rubs, absolutely minimal shelf wear. FINE.* Jacket condition: Matching colour illustrated jacket, price clipped and showing no shelf price, absolutely minimal shelf wear to top & bottom edges. No Losses. VG++.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Coloured & illustrated end papers showing maps of The Islands Of Sodor. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with included blue ribbon marker. No inscriptions or annotations, seems lightly used if at all. No visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: Numerous colour illustrations throughout from the original artwork where… Read More

SOFTBACK ?UNCOMMON IN THIS EDITION,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* ISBN: 0-14-062145-8* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1994* Publisher: Penguin Popular Classics.* Binding and cover condition: Soft card covers, Very slight shelf wear to edges & corners, Minor creases to spine, hinge & top front corner, spine slightly faded. VG+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No Annotations or Inscriptions, slight acid browning to fore-edge. VG * Illustrations: None.* Pages: 207 pp. text. No Index.* Product Description :- Some time after their eventful trip on the river, chronicled in Three Men In A Boat, the same three men suffer a renewed attack of itchy feet and decide to take off on a "bummel". Their jaunt takes them away from the confines of domestic routine and, with a tandem and a bicycle, out to the Black Forest. The culture they encounter as they cycle around Germany comes as something of a surprise to them and they get into a few scrapes.… Read More

SOFTBACK ?UNCOMMON IN THIS EDITION,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* ISBN: 0-14-062145-8* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1994* Publisher: Penguin Popular Classics.* Binding and cover condition: Soft card covers, Very slight shelf wear to edges & corners, Minor creases to spine, hinge & top front corner, spine slightly faded. VG+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No Annotations or Inscriptions, slight acid browning to fore-edge. VG * Illustrations: None.* Pages: 207 pp. text. No Index.* Product Description :- Some time after their eventful trip on the river, chronicled in Three Men In A Boat, the same three men suffer a renewed attack of itchy feet and decide to take off on a "bummel". Their jaunt takes them away from the confines of domestic routine and, with a tandem and a bicycle, out to the Black Forest. The culture they encounter as they cycle around Germany comes as something of a surprise to them and they get into a few scrapes.… Read More

HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Impression: 2nd.* Date of Publication: 1925* Publisher: Chatto & Windus (First in May 1923)* Binding and cover condition: Grey-Brown cloth, Paper label to spine. Very slightly bumped & slightly rubbed to front corners, boards not sunned, VG+* Jacket condition: No dust jacket.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, Crisp, tight and bright. Top edge cut and coloured, fore and bottom edge rough cut and foxed, End papers clean and bright but first and last few pages foxed. No inscriptions or annotations, VG+* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 263 pp. text. No Index. * Three plays by the creator of Winnie the Pooh:- The Great Broxopp, The Dover Road, The Truth About Blayds. Milne writes in his introduction that he prefers to see his dramatic output in printed form rather than on stage, remarking that the characters can only have their essential qualities on paper and are some how reduced by the actors perception of them. He writes a spoof review of Hamlet as a it might… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edn: 1st. Thus. Reprint.* Date of Publication: 1970(1926)* Publisher: BPC Magazines for Trout & Salmon Magazine.* Binding and cover condition: B/w photo-illustrated soft card covers with green frame. No bumps or rubs. Some shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp & tight. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, slight paper colouration throughout, no other visible faults. VG+* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 96 pp. text.* Product Description:- ?Tight Lines? is the first in a collectors? series of forgotten angling gems published by Trout & Salmon Magazine. Amongst the selected highlights are sections on the Deveron, The Teith, The Tay, Inverpolly and The Esk. Written down in the 1920?s these anecdotes take us back to an earlier age when rods were hand-built, angling was a privileged occupation and ghillies were not uncommon.* This is a VG copy of the 1st thus (Forgotten Gems… Read More

SOFTBACK COMPLETE WITH FAMILY TREE SOFTWARE DISC. * Edition: 1st Thus * Date of Publication: 2007* Publisher: Hodder Headline and Independent News * Binding and cover condition: Soft card covers, some slight shelf wear to front, no rubbing to corners, No creases to spine or hinge. Nr F* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY no faults evident. F* Illustrations: None * Pages: 197 pp. text. xiv pp. Appendices and Bibliography. Trace your Family History is ideal for all those who want to discover more about their ancestors. It traces a clear path through a maze of information, from effective planning to tracing births, marriages and deaths. This edition offers advice on researching your ancestors and plenty of guidance on using old documents and internet resources. It comes COMPLETE with the CD given away with The Independent containing a copy of Family Tree a software programme designed to help you with your endeavours.

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus* Impression: 1st.Full Number line* Date of Publication: 1994 (1883)* Publisher: Penguin Popular Classics * Binding and cover condition: Colour illustrated soft card covers showing a detail from 'Figures in a Rowing Boat' by Konstantinos Bolanchi, no bumps or rubs. Some light shelf wear to edges & corners, minor reading creases to spine & hinge. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, Clean, crisp & tight. No annotations, marks or inscriptions. Slight colouration to pages throughout. GOOD* Illustrations: None* Pages: 224 pp. text. vi pp. Blank pages & advertisements at rear.* Product Description:- The classic title of seafaring buccaneers. Stevenson?s tale of high adventure and suspense has captured the imagination of the public since its publication. With its unforgettable characters and its compelling narrative it continues to enthral generations of readers of all ages. This is a near VG copy of the 1st./1st. thus with minor shelf &… Read More

HARDBACK "RARELY AVAILABLE," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: Revised 2nd. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1998* Publisher: Boolarong Press.* Binding and cover condition: Grey cloth, white title to spine and face. No bumps, very slight rubs, no other visible faults. VG++* Jacket condition: Colour photo-illustrated dust wrapper showing a colour photograph of old locomotives at Townsville loco depot. NOT PRICE CLIPPED but showing no shelf price. Minimal shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to head & tail of spine. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, slight marks, otherwise no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: Several colour & numerous b/w photos, prints and line drawings throughout.* Pages: 239 pp. text. ix pp. List of opening dates, select bibliography & index at rear.* Description: Steam trains have held an irresistible fascination for generations of both old and young. The sight, sounds and smell… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edn: 3rd.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1989* Publisher: Htit Colour.* Binding and cover condition: Colour photo-illustrated soft card covers. No bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Spine somewhat faded. Seems lightly-used if at all. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: Colour photo-illustrations throughout and front section illustrating methods and tools.* Pages: 100 pp. text. ii pp. references at rear.* Product Description:- Chapters are as follows: About the Author, Material and Techniques, Natural dyes, Carpet making regions in Turkey. Profusely illustrated with photos of complete carpets with explanations of the meaning and use of the designs.* This is a FINE copy of the 3rd edn. with absolutely minimal shelf wear & slight age.*

SOFTBACK * Edition: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1997* Publisher: Officina Grafica Bolognese* Binding and cover condition: Colour photo laminated stiff card covers, some minor shelf wear, slight rubbing to corners, No creases to spine or hinge. VG+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No tanning. No inscriptions or annotations. FINE * Illustrations: Sumptuous colour photographs throughout* Pages: 159 pp. text. i pp. Index.* Sections dedicated to the following areas :- Florence, Prato, Pistoia, Lucca, Massa, Pisa, Livorno, Grosseto, Siena and Arezzo. This guide covers history, nature and art with a broad brush and forms an ideal appetiser to a visit to Italy.

HARDBACK, "UNCOMMON," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edn: 1st. Thus?* Date of Publication: Undated probably 1924, (1901)* Publisher: Blackie & Son Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Cream cloth, dark green titles with decoration to spine & face. No bumps or rubs, minimal shelf wear to boards. VG+* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper showing two young scots-men cutting timber, black and red titles to spine and face. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing a shelf price of 2/6d. Some slight shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to head & tail of spine in clear protective wrapper. VG+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Ffep half removed. Contents clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, some age-marks to end papers, top & fore-edge, otherwise no visible faults. VG.* Illustrations: A single b/w illustration to frontis by W.Parkinson.* Pages: 288 pp. text. i pp. blank page at rear.* Description: A Victorian coming-of-age novel from Gordon Stables, the prolific author of… Read More

SOFTBACK (ISBN 978-1-5290-0034-4) SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edn: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st. Full number line.* Date of Publication: 2017 (1950)* Publisher: Bello.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated soft card covers (slightly different to that illustrated). No bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems lightly-used if at all. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 198 pp. text. i pp. blank at rear.* Product Description:- A collection of thirteen short stories each capturing an elegant and witty vignette of everyday life, be it lunch with a pretty girl who pulls the wool over her boyfriends eyes, a first dance and a first disappointment, or a family reunion and domestic dissonance. Each is thoroughly enjoyable and a fine example of A.A.Milne?s sparkling prose.* This is a… Read More

HARDBACK "NO 321 IN THE EVERYMAN SERIES, UNCOMMON," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Reprint: 5th.* Date: 1930 (1908).* Pub: Everyman's by J.M.Dent & Sons Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Light brown cloth covered boards with small, gilt title & design to spine strip and none to face. No bumps, some rubs to all edges and to corners, considerable damp damage to boards overall, spine spotted. ACC.* Jacket condition: Grey/green paper dust wrapper, with black title and design to spine and face. Wear and losses to top and bottom edges, to head and tail of spine and rear flap fold torn. Spine age darkened. Not price clipped but showing no shelf price. Now re-inforced and in clear un-attached protective jacket. ACC* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Patterned and coloured end papers with EVERYMAN design. Top edge coloured (black). Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. Very slight toning to fore edge. Complete with 1930's… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edn: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 2nd.* Date of Publication: 1987* Publisher: The Taunton Press.* Binding and cover condition: Monochrome illustrated soft card covers. No bumps, minor rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems lightly-used. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text. Top edge slightly dusty, no tanning or other visible faults. VG++* Illustrations: B/w photographs, line drawings and diagrams throughout.* Pages: 103 pp. text. iii pp., index, acknowledgements and advertisements at rear.* Product Description: This collection of thirty two articles from Fine Woodworking magazine tells you all about making table tops and bases. Sometimes we can plant a table-top on the boxes and drawers we make for storing our stuff, and then the table becomes a desk. This volume also includes detailed plans for a lap desk, a pigeon-hole desk and a… Read More